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North Yorkshire Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Yorkshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,788Searchable applications
861Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 811 approved or refused records
97Refused applications
714 approved · 97 refused · 22 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 2025 to 23 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information View planning applicationsLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Heritage, conservation areas and listed buildings
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas226 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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More application records
- Decided26/04549/DISCON
Part approval of details under Condition 44 (Site Wide Overall Biodiversity Gain Plan) and approval of Condition 46 for Phase 0 only (Construction Ecological Mitigation Plan) of planning permission HGT20/02973/EIAMAJ.
Ripon Barracks Chatham Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 2RD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04550/FUL
Erection of a two-storey rear infill extension
35 Ure Bank Top Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1JD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04551/DVCON
Section 73 application for Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of Planning Permission 25/04465/FUL (Single storey, rear extension) to allow changes to the approved plans.
Millstone Manor 64 Duchy Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2EZ
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/04552/TPO
Crown Lift (to 5.1 meters) 1 no Sycamore (T2) Crown Lift (to 4.1 meters) and dead wood 1 no Sycamore and 3 no Beech (T3-T6) within Tree Preservation order 28/1996.
Squirrel Lodge Little Studley Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1HD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04553/FUL
A two bedroom dormer bungalow with integral garage (self-build).
Land Off Yew Tree Lane Near Junction With Rossett Green Lane Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 9LF
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04555/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension
6 Ryburn The Grove Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5NN
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/04556/TCON
Fell 1 no Ash (T237) Remove Ivy of 1 no Oak (T241) Remove deadwood of 1 no Pedunculate Oak (T242) Remove Ivy of 1 no Ash (T243) Remove Epicormic growth and elder at base of 1 no Sycamore (T244) Reduce lower souther limb (by 3 meters) of 1 no Pedunculate Oak (T245) Pruning (to 12 meters) of 1 no Pedunculate Oak (T531) within Swinton with Wathermarske Conservation Area.
Swinton Estate High Swinton Village Side Roads Swinton North Yorkshire HG4 4JH
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04557/PBR
Conversion of two agricultural barns into six small dwelling houses and associated demolition of third barn
Barker Rails Farm Brompton Carr Lane Brompton By Sawdon Scarborough North Yorkshire YO13 9DH
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04558/TPO
T1 - Poplar. Repollard. This is a lapsed pollard that needs pruning before major branches start to fall. T2 - Poplar. Repollard. This is a lapsed pollard that needs pruning before major branches start to fall.
9D Grove House Throxenby Lane Newby Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 5HN
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04559/FUL
Householder planning permission for installation of an Air Source Heat Pump to be installed to the property.
1 Cromwell Street Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 2DN
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04561/FUL
Householder consent for roof alterations.
16 Overdale Grange Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 6AG
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04562/FUL
Householder consent for a single storey side extension
3 Elmfield Road Cross Hills North Yorkshire BD20 7DQ
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/04563/TPO
Works to a tree the subject of a Tree Preservation Order: T1 (Beech) - Fell (Tree is T2 of TPO No. 29 (1983) Glusburn).
12A Park Road Cross Hills North Yorkshire BD20 8AY
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04565/FUL
Demolition of agricultural building and construction of 2no. dwellings.
Thackwray House Farm Thackwray Housetrack Gatenby Northallerton North Yorkshire
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04566/FUL
Proposed amendments and replacement of existing garage to Duelna House and conversion of existing pig pen to form storage building.
Duelna House Road To Crakehill Farm Crakehill North Yorkshire YO7 3NS
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04568/FUL
Construction of 1no. Dwelling house with associated garaging, access and parking.
Land To The West Of The Old Hall Ainderby Quernhow To Skipton Bridge End Ainderby Quernhow North Yorkshire
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04571/CLOPUD
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development of a New outbuilding.
2 Park House Pickhill Village Pickhill North Yorkshire YO7 4JG
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04573/FUL
Rear single storey extension and new garage
Hillcrest 12 Wistow Road Selby North Yorkshire YO8 3LY
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04575/FUL
Conversion and part demolition of existing Workshop to create single storey side extension (Kitchen and Dining room)
50 York Road Tadcaster North Yorkshire LS24 8AF
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04576/LB
Listed Building Consent for the like-for-like replacement of the existing timber door to the west elevation and the replacement of one rooflight
Mercer Gallery 31 Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SA
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Registered26/04577/CLOPUD
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from retail shop to takeaway (cafe style) and installation of extraction to back of premises.
10 Commercial Street Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1TY
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/04578/PNA
Erection of agricultural building, associated apron and yard areas.
Rougham Farm Braimber Lane To Allerton Park Interchange Allerton Park North Yorkshire HG5 0RA
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/04580/DISCON
Approval of details under Condition 4 (Road Works) of planning permission 21/05542/FULMAJ Erection of 162 residential dwellings, public open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure (Revised Scheme).
Land Comprising Field At 431853 456117 Kingsley Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/04581/TCON
Crown Reduction (by 1.8 - 2.4 meters) of 1 no Metasequoia Glyptostroboides (T1) Crown Reduction (by 3.6 meters) and remove left hand lower branch and far right branch of 1 no Ornamental Cherry Tree (T2) within Harrogate Conservation Area.
St Kevins Court 34 Queens Road Harrogate North Yorkshire
Received 4 Aug 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North Yorkshire Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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